Comments on: The Aunt Blabby and Uncle Alf syndrome http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/ Criticism and commentary on southern gospel music Wed, 23 May 2012 17:34:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: bc http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-663662 bc Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:17:08 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-663662 Aren't the Hoppers raising money to create a musem in their hometown? Converting some old factory building or something?? Aren’t the Hoppers raising money to create a musem in their hometown? Converting some old factory building or something??

]]> By: Irishlad http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-661095 Irishlad Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:07:27 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-661095 #7. CVH. The feeling's very mutual bud. #7. CVH. The feeling’s very mutual bud.

]]> By: CVH http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660792 CVH Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:00:07 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660792 Irishlad...I love you man. Irishlad…I love you man.

]]> By: Irishlad http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660791 Irishlad Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:59:14 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660791 #5 By Boston Irish i was meaning Irish Catholic(think the Kennedy clan)verses Scots/Irish/Ulster largely of Protestant stock who make up most of the South,hence my irk. #5 By Boston Irish i was meaning Irish Catholic(think the Kennedy clan)verses Scots/Irish/Ulster largely of Protestant stock who make up most of the South,hence my irk.

]]> By: Revpaul http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660728 Revpaul Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:37:47 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660728 ILad said: "We’re just a bunch of twats." Could you please clarify? Is it the Irish who are twits and the Scots twats, or is it vice versa? ILad said: “We’re just a bunch of twats.”
Could you please clarify? Is it the Irish who are twits and the Scots twats, or is it vice versa?

]]> By: Pedantic http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660726 Pedantic Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:35:45 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660726 Maybe you could find someone to run this museum on a "love offering" basis, it seems to work so well on the concert circuit, right? Maybe you could find someone to run this museum on a “love offering” basis, it seems to work so well on the concert circuit, right?

]]> By: Irishlad http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660542 Irishlad Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:18:11 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660542 Listen up chaps, the whole culture of sg goes back to the Scots/Irish thingy. That's who to blame for the whole darn mess of neglected masters and so on. We're just a bunch of twats. If you ask me the Boston Irish could take us to the cleaners.and do you know something;it really grieves me to say that. Listen up chaps, the whole culture of sg goes back to the Scots/Irish thingy. That’s who to blame for the whole darn mess of neglected masters and so on. We’re just a bunch of twats. If you ask me the Boston Irish could take us to the cleaners.and do you know something;it really grieves me to say that.

]]> By: quartet-man http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660469 quartet-man Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:10:44 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660469 Things like that probably happen more in secular markets than you think. A lot of people in different markets don't so much care about who came before them. Country and gospel do a better job than say pop, I think, but part of it too is less money to take care of these things. For instance, Willie Nelson owns a huge collection of old country shows and even the Gospel Jubilee. Norman Lear had bought a tv station and with the deal came the show biz tape library. He didn't want to own a bunch of hillbilly shows, so Willie ended up buying them. It is hard telling what would have happened otherwise. I have heard of some of the Oak Ridge Boys stuff getting misplaced or erased over. This was either Columbia or MCA, so it likely happened after they became more popular and not when they were one of the bottom acts at Columbia. Now, I would love to see the Cathedrals stuff you mentioned. Speaking of that, Shirley Sumner Enoch auctioned off a lot of Stamps stuff a lot being related to Elvis, but not all. Goodman's stuff was auctioned off, Michael English did to earn money years ago. Like you said though, there isn't really an organization overseeing collecting this stuff. I think it is a shortage in money as much as anything (in buying it, storing it, and overseeing it.) Things like that probably happen more in secular markets than you think. A lot of people in different markets don’t so much care about who came before them. Country and gospel do a better job than say pop, I think, but part of it too is less money to take care of these things.

For instance, Willie Nelson owns a huge collection of old country shows and even the Gospel Jubilee. Norman Lear had bought a tv station and with the deal came the show biz tape library. He didn’t want to own a bunch of hillbilly shows, so Willie ended up buying them. It is hard telling what would have happened otherwise.

I have heard of some of the Oak Ridge Boys stuff getting misplaced or erased over. This was either Columbia or MCA, so it likely happened after they became more popular and not when they were one of the bottom acts at Columbia.

Now, I would love to see the Cathedrals stuff you mentioned. Speaking of that, Shirley Sumner Enoch auctioned off a lot of Stamps stuff a lot being related to Elvis, but not all. Goodman’s stuff was auctioned off, Michael English did to earn money years ago. Like you said though, there isn’t really an organization overseeing collecting this stuff. I think it is a shortage in money as much as anything (in buying it, storing it, and overseeing it.)

]]> By: RF http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660454 RF Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:57:34 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2008/10/20/the-aunt-blabby-and-uncle-alf-syndrome/#comment-660454 Just a thought. Maybe it's the money. While secular artists/record companies/archivists really have the stash to properly preserve and appreciate the historical archives of their genre, maybe this industry does not. And maybe no one really cares. I have been on the front lines of enthusiasts who have searched out the historical preservation of a secular artist's catalogue and demos that were kept in a major label's vaults. It was all there and preserved. But this was RCA (at least in the beginning--now who knows what the company is called--BMG?). Anyway, the Radio Corporation of America and its successors had enough capital to make sure these treasures were kept for future generations. Did the owners of Benson and other small regional labels have the money to do the same? That has to be in question. That may be the answer. Just a thought.

Maybe it’s the money. While secular artists/record companies/archivists really have the stash to properly preserve and appreciate the historical archives of their genre, maybe this industry does not. And maybe no one really cares.

I have been on the front lines of enthusiasts who have searched out the historical preservation of a secular artist’s catalogue and demos that were kept in a major label’s vaults. It was all there and preserved. But this was RCA (at least in the beginning–now who knows what the company is called–BMG?).

Anyway, the Radio Corporation of America and its successors had enough capital to make sure these treasures were kept for future generations. Did the owners of Benson and other small regional labels have the money to do the same? That has to be in question. That may be the answer.

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